The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-02-11
SERVICES LAST SUNDAY.

SERVICES LAST SUNDAY.
AZ Il o'clock last Sunday, Rev
j. w. MeLaurin preached to q
moderately filed house from the
text contained in the I'd v. 9th CHI.
of Ephe3iaus, "WallS IN love,
"a Christ also hath loved us, and
hath given himself for Us, mn of
fering and n sacrifice 10 God for
a sweet smelling Savour.' There
was the theme of the discourse.
lie said that love was the source
Of all good and harmony through>
out tho Universe of God, over
Love that led God to create man,
and 60 give life to his creature.
Upon this the minister expanded tJ
considerable extent. and then
said This 4 the love OF God.
The christian IS TO hive the
same love in kind, but OF course
not IN the same intensity. The
commandment IS TO love God with
your whole soul, mind and
strength, and your noighbor as
yourself IT q. 81, your fellow
creatures Christ in Matthew
said That you must oven Love
your oncmics. There are scv-
eral reasons why christians should
have this love:
(lst) That they may set proper
examples to others. Every one
who processes TO be christian
should manifest his love. They
must pc loving, patient, forbear-
ing and forgiying TO all men. It
isncccssary TO set proper cx-
ample to bca christian at all. lie
that lovcih not his brother abideth
in death. Love ought 20 mako
everything said, done or offered,
acceptiblc 70 both God and man.
No matter how trilling IN offering
IL, II offered in love, it is con-
vcrted into gem of beauty.
There was little idiotic girl who
was incapable Of everything but
love. She loved her mother.
She wanted 70 give her mother Il
Is much that is called love that
Is nothing more than mere pass-
ing fancy, q sensual passion indul-
gcd in for the qualification Of some
selfish purpose. We all know this
Is tru. This ia the love of man
boquet, but having no blooms TO
make it Of she gathered little
bundle of dry sticks, spires of
| grass and leaves, tied il up and
presented it 60 her mother for n
boquet. Many one would have
thrown il away rs worthless. Not
SO the mother. She would not
have taken thousands for it. She
carefully preserved II in a golden
vase, and every day poured over
it a costly perfume. SO it is with
God. Our worship is stale, dry
and scentlcss, but if offered in
love il comes up tohim os a sweet
perfume, and every day he pours
over il the incense Of Savior'a
dying love. Everything we do in
love is pleasing and Acceptable 20
God.
(2nd.) Anything said, done Oh
offered in love has wonderful
| power in it. There Is no agency
that can conquer and subduc men
but love. Napoleon recognized
this; Cesar, Alexander. Napoleon
! Charlmagne and others, have con,
quored empires by force. vet nc
man would die 10 vindicate theil
character, while there arc millions
all over this land who would dI,
for the love Of Jesus. Love i
that quality which enables man K
prevail with man. You canno
. force any one TO be religious, bu
you can love them into it. Low,
never fails as II means of doin,
good.
sd. } Love transforms the in
dividual. The more loving he is
the more like God he is. IF W
would WELD an influence for goo,
let us be actuated by this love
Let us be imitators of our Lor
in this love. If we are actuate
by this love there will be wor
derful revolution in our achons
# all were actuAted BY This loy
il would not be joilg until tn
christian mIllipiam would daw
and become clear a. the sun, ia
as the naoon, and beautiful as d
army with hannnrs